Regular season draws to a close, playoff pairs revealed

21.01.2015, Povilas Baranauskas, BBL.net

The Baltic Basketball League (BBL) regular season has come to an end this Wednesday evening and the playoff pairs are finally clear. In accordance with the BBL regulations, the three teams that participated in the FIBA Europe Challenge Cup - Siauliai, TU/Rock and Ventspils will take the three top

seeds (seeded respectively first, second and third based on last season’s results), while the remaining 13 spots will be shared by the first four teams from each of the three groups and the best fifth-placed team.

Respectively from the top seed down to the fourth from each group, the teams lined up like this, while Parnu became the best fifth-placed team:

Pieno zvaigzdes, Kalev/Cramo, Pyrinto and Barons/LDz from Group A.

Valmiera, Lietkabelis, Jekabpils and Prienai from Group B.

Juventus, Liepaja/Triobet, Tarvas and Rapla from Group C

Following the BBL regulations, the BBL Eight-Final pairings were made based on the BBL team ranking after the regular season, with the highest ranked team paired with lowest ranked team from those to have qualified for the playoffs:

Pair

Team A

Team B

1

Siauliai

Parnu

2

TU/Rock

Prienai

3

Ventspils

Tyco Rapla

4

Juventus

Barons/LDz

5

Pieno Zvaigzdes

Tarvas

6

Valmiera

Pyrinto

7

Liepaja/Triobet

Jekabpils

8

Lietkabelis

Kalev/Cramo

The team with the higher ranking after the BBL Regular season will play the second game at home.

The winners of the BBL-Eighth Finals will qualify for the BBL Quarter-Finals. The losers of the BBL Eighth-Finals will finish the competition.

In accordance with the Baltic Basketball League Regulations, season 2014/2015 all 21 teams are ranked after the BBL Regular season as follows:

Team name

Winning %

Goal Difference

1

Siauliai

2

TU/Rock

3

Ventspils

4

Juventus

87.5

5

Pieno Zvaigzdes

80

+117

6

Valmiera

80

+77

7

Liepaja/Triobet

75

8

Lietkabelis

70

+115

9

Kalev/Cramo

70

+80

10

Jekabpils

70

11

Pyrinto

50

+37

12

Tarvas

50

-4

13

Barons/LDz

40

14

Tyco Rapla

37.5

15

Prienai

30

16

Parnu

30

-41

17

TTU

30

-136

18

Nevezis

0

19

Jurmala/Fenikss

30

20

Valga/Maks&Mor.

20

21

TLU Kalev

The BBL Quarter-Finals will be held as follows:

Pair

Team A

Team B

9

Winner of Siauliai vs Parnu

Winner of Lietkabelis vs Kalev/Cramo

10

Winner of TU/Rock vs Prienai

Winner of Liepaja/Triobet vs Jekabpils

11

Winner of Ventspils vs Tyco Rapla

Winner of Valmiera vs Pyrinto

12

Winner of Juventus vs Barons/LDz

Winner of Pieno Zvaigzdes vs Tarvas

The team with the higher ranking after the BBL Regular season will play the second game at home.

The winners of the BBL Quarter-Finals will qualify for the BBL Semi-Finals. The losers of the BBL Quarter-Finals will finish the competition.

The BBL Semi-Finals will be held as follows:

Pair

Team A

Team B

13

Winner of Pair 9

Winner of Pair 12

14

Winner of Pair 10

Winner of Pair 11

The team with the higher ranking after the BBL Regular season will play the second game at home.

The winners of the BBL Semi-Finals will qualify for the BBL Finals/1st-2nd places/, the losers of the BBL Semi-Finals will qualify for the BBL Finals/3rd-4th places/.

The team with the higher ranking after the BBL Regular season will play the second game at home in both BBL Finals.

In all BBL Play-offs phases the teams will play each other two (2) games, home and away, with the overall cumulative score determining the winner of the pair.